"mysterious map prompts Smurfette, Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty to find a lost village before Gargamel does. ""Smurfs: The Lost Village"" was released on April 7, 2017 to mixed reviews from critics, and grossed over $197 million worldwide against a $60 million budget. The film was dedicated to Anton Yelchin, who voiced Clumsy Smurf in ""The Smurfs"" and its sequel, and died. In Smurf Village, the Smurfs live peacefully among themselves and their leader is Papa Smurf. Some of the Smurfs include Clumsy Smurf, Brainy Smurf, Hefty Smurf and Smurfette, who was created by Gargamel from a lump of clay, but"
"for the would-be killer of Smurfs, and he also liked the rhyme with Gargamel. Gargamel Gargamel is a fictional character from ""The Smurfs"". He is an evil wizard, the sworn enemy of the Smurfs, and the main antagonist in the show and comic books. His main goal in life is to destroy the Smurfs to turn them into gold. Actors who voiced Gargamel in different languages are: Gargamel is played by Hank Azaria in the live-action/animated film series. Gargamel is voiced by Rainn Wilson in """". Gargamel is a man who is perpetually stooped. His dark robe is worn and"
"Gargamel Gargamel is a fictional character from ""The Smurfs"". He is an evil wizard, the sworn enemy of the Smurfs, and the main antagonist in the show and comic books. His main goal in life is to destroy the Smurfs to turn them into gold. Actors who voiced Gargamel in different languages are: Gargamel is played by Hank Azaria in the live-action/animated film series. Gargamel is voiced by Rainn Wilson in """". Gargamel is a man who is perpetually stooped. His dark robe is worn and patched, and his teeth are rotten. He is a misanthrope, hating pretty much everyone"
"and wishes he would come back. In another episode, Balthazar wants to kill a wildcat that Azrael befriended for his fur, and Gargamel begged him not to. Gargamel is an eternal bungler. Some of his schemes to catch Smurfs border on the bizarre (such as a ""blue magnet"" that attracted solely blue items), though he does have rare moments of genius (the creation of Smurfette, for one). He has a seemingly endless library of spellbooks (""grimoires""), potions, and gimmicks for his life's passion. However, no matter how elaborate Gargamel's plans, they invariably end in failure, causing him to spout his"
"Smurfette Smurfette (French: La Schtroumpfette) is one of the protagonists from the comic strip the Smurfs. Smurfette was created by evil wizard Gargamel, the Smurfs' enemy, in order to spy on them and sow jealousy. However, she decides that she wants to be a real Smurf and Papa Smurf casts a spell that changes her hair from black to blonde as a sign of her transformation. She was the only female Smurf until the creation of Sassette. A Granny Smurf was also later introduced, although it is unclear how she was created. Thierry Culliford, the son of the comics' creator,"
"catchphrase: ""I hate Smurfs!"". Sometimes he will also throw a temper tantrum, and howl in grief that ""I am brave and strong and they are puny and weak, and why can't I defeat those miserable vile little Smurfs?!"" However, his defeats never discourage him, and he always vows, ""I'll get you if it's the last thing I do!"" When Gargamel first appeared in ""Le Voleur de schtroumpf"" (""The Smurfnapper""), published in 1959, he captured a Smurf, which he needed as an ingredient for a potion to make gold in accordance with the famed alchemic legend of the Philosopher's Stone. The"
"as far as the 20th century, or else a future incarnation or counterpart of him. Being the earliest of the Smurfs' sworn enemies, it was inevitable that Gargamel would be a recurring character in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, even in the opening theme where he shouts out loud his hatred for the Smurfs and his desperate attempts to catch them. Despite his never-ending hatred and frustration for the Smurfs, more than once has he had to rely on Papa Smurf to help save him from a more wicked enemy's plans (such as Balthazar) or to rescue him from a potion"
"redeemed by Papa Smurf and became part of the village. Gargamel makes it his mission to capture the Smurfs, steal all of their essence, and become the most powerful wizard in the world. After Smurfette accidentally breaks an invention by Brainy, she sees a blue creature hidden by a leaf and follows it straight into the Forbidden Forest, believing the creature to be a Smurf. She loses sight of the creature but discovers a hat was dropped by the possible Smurf. Smurfette ends up being captured by Gargamel and at his castle, she ends up inadvertently revealing the hat, enabling"
"the forest is left alone. Gargamel bids farewell to the Smurfs, but then he decides to catch them. Gargamel catches the Lucky Smurf, but then Lucky Smurf tells Gargamel that he's incapable to get another seven or an eleven. Gargamel accepts the bet, but he doesn't get the number, and while he tries again, Lucky Smurf escapes, having technically won a bet at last, and returns to the Smurf Village along with the other Smurfs. Les Schtroumpfs Joueurs The Gambler Smurfs (original French name ""Les Schtroumpfs Jouers"") is the twenty-third album of the Smurfs comic series. Three Smurfs are getting"
"only Smurfette can turn the Naughties into the real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and takes her to Paris. Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity return to the human world and seek the help of their friends Patrick and Grace Winslow to rescue Smurfette. Like its predecessor, ""The Smurfs 2"" was met with critically negative reviews, and it earned $347 million. On May 10, 2012, two weeks after Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation announced production of ""The Smurfs 2"", ""Variety"" reported that writers Karey Kirkpatrick and Chris Poche were developing a script for ""The Smurfs 3"", which was set for release"
"Walloon TV: A Smurf gets himself captured by Gargamel. Now, the Smurfs must save him before he gets killed. The Smurfs discover a magic egg. But they don't know it has been created by Gargamel. A contagious disease terrorizes the village. The Smurfs befriend a domesticated dragon. One of the Smurfs attempts to fly like a bird. This story is set at a castle during the Middle Ages. One day a merchant brings musical instruments to sell to Peewit, the court jester, but because Peewit is such a terrible musician the King throws the merchant out before Peewit arrives. However,"
"other Smurfs rallied against him, and freed the kidnapped Smurf. The sorcerer was defeated and humiliated, swearing revenge: from now on the conflict would be personal. Sometimes, he wants to eat the Smurfs, while other times, he wants to use them to make gold, and still other times, he has even more bizarre uses for them (in one instance, he is so enraged by his loss that he yells ""I don't want to eat them, I don't want to turn them into gold, all I want now is to DESTROY THEM!""). Though he often catches Smurfs who wander by his"
"a trace of gold coins near Gargamel's bed. When Gargamel awakens, he finds the trace and follows it to a chest where Papa Smurf traps him. Papa Smurf releases the smurfs and they leave Gargamel's home. A series of one-page gags showing the love all the smurfs feel for Smurfette. The Smurf Apprentice The Smurf Apprentice (original French title L'Apprenti Schtroumpf) is the seventh album of the original French-language ""Smurfs"" comic series created by Belgian artist Peyo. Apart from the titular one, it contains other two stories: ""Smurftraps"" and ""Romeo and Smurfette"". A smurf wants to learn magic and alchemy."
"The Smurf Apprentice The Smurf Apprentice (original French title L'Apprenti Schtroumpf) is the seventh album of the original French-language ""Smurfs"" comic series created by Belgian artist Peyo. Apart from the titular one, it contains other two stories: ""Smurftraps"" and ""Romeo and Smurfette"". A smurf wants to learn magic and alchemy. After some failed attempts of getting Papa Smurf's magic book, he goes to Gargamel's lab and steals one page of his magic book. However, what the potion written on the page does is written on the following page, so the only way to know what the potion does is to"
"more efficient and focused enemies of the Smurfs, and even so much as to smash their alliance with Gargamel and enslave him. Not much is said of Gargamel's relationships with women, although in one episode, an ugly witch named Hogatha turns herself into an attractive woman to seduce Gargamel in order to steal a magical earring from him, which he bought for his mother's birthday. She almost succeeds, but her constant transformations from ugly to beautiful prove to be too hard for her, and Gargamel eventually is informed of the ruse. One time, Gargamel almost got married. His ""mummy"" decided"
"of their location, Gargamel sneaks into the bookstore and finds a dragon wand, transferring his magic into it as he uses it to capture Papa Smurf as he sends the others to safety. Though the Smurfs promised Papa Smurf that they won't try to save him and return home, Clumsy and Patrick, having seen the error of their actions after Grace gave him a sonogram picture of their baby, convince them to plan a rescue. At Belvedere Castle, after increasing the dragon wand's power with ""Smurf essence"" extracted from bits of Papa Smurf's beard, Gargamel finds himself facing all the"
"at night. Lumberjack Smurf continues his normal routine, thinking gambling is a waste of time, while the other Smurfs find any excuse to gamble. Hefty Smurf wins all of the Brainy Smurf's books, while Smurfette wins all of the Greedy Smurf's cakes. One morning, Papa Smurf finds that a Smurf has lost his house gambling, and after finding how gambling has affected the Smurfs' lives, bans it. Some days later, Lumberjack Smurf finds that some humans are cutting the forest. Meanwhile, Papa Smurf finds a clandestine casino in the Village, and all the Smurfs inside. Then, the Lumberjack Smurf arrives"
"his country, but is now imprisoned by his evil aunt Lady Imperia who is ruling instead (she is the villain in this version instead of Gargamel, who doesn't appear). Eventually the Smurfs get involved as well, with Papa Smurf casting a spell of invisibility over himself, Handy and the other Smurfs so that they can help Gerard and Clockwork unseen. In the end, Gerard gets his kingdom back and adopts Clockwork as his friend and advisor, while Handy, pleased that his creation has proven to be useful after all, returns home with the other Smurfs. The Smurflings The Smurflings (original"
"frequently rejected from a boarding school for young wizards (which Gargamel himself had been expelled from in his youth) and only Gargamel was willing to teach him magic, and only because he was bribed by the wizards in charge of the school. Scruple seems moderately brighter and more savvy than his master, though still inexperienced in the ways of magic. Although Scruple aids Gargamel in capturing the Smurfs, his main problem is with the students of the wizard academy who berate him for failing to qualify for admission. However, in the scheme of things, the smugness of the students proves"
"hide-and-seek. Brainy Smurf is trapped by a book, Greedy Smurf is inmobilised by a sticky cake, Grouchy Smurf follows a series of directions that lead him to a hole, and so on. But the smurf who was counting watches when Gargamel catches the last of his playmates, and goes to the village to tell Papa Smurf, who then organises all the remaining smurfs for a rescue mission. However, Gargamel catches all the rescue party, save for Papa Smurf, with a giant net. Gargamel makes the smurfs do slave labor on his home, but Papa Smurf arrives at night and leaves"
"often through the use of magic. For example, Papa switched bodies with the antagonist Gargamel in order to pretend to attack the village (""Smurf Versus Smurf"" comic adventure/""Romeo and Smurfette"" TV episode). In another instance, he creates an entire village full of evil doubles of the original Smurfs (""The Smurf Menace"" issue). While Papa Smurf sometimes prefers to not have to constantly fix problems, he realizes that it is his calling. He once said that since he may not be able to be the village leader forever, every Smurf should have a brief experience of commanding the village. To do"
"in undoing a magical disaster with very little fanfare. To try and cause trouble to the Smurfs, Gargamel has created other Smurfs, most notably Smurfette. Smurfette was adopted by the Smurfs, but Sassette the Smurfling, created by the other Smurflings, was made from the same clay that Gargamel used for Smurfette. Sassette refers to Gargamel as ""Pappy Gargamel"". She is the only one in the Smurf village who wishes to see some good in him. Gargamel has also worked with other enemies of the Smurfs, although in many cases these other villains, such as Lord Balthazar, prove to be much"
"Smurf doesn't trust the institution and goes to bury his money in the forest, only to encounter Gargamel there. As Farmer Smurf escapes, he drops a coin which is picked up by the evil wizard, who then realizes that the Smurfs have money now. Farmer Smurf notices that he has lost a coin, so he goes to get it back, but when he starts to cross the bridge, it falls apart. Finance Smurf offers to finance the bridge repairs if any Smurf who crosses the bridge from then on pays him a toll. He asks Handy Smurf to get the"
"account Erickson's comments about merchandising. Goodman further argued that capturing the young female audience would increase ratings, so the networks were more likely trying to pander to young girls than trying to defuse gay rumors. To back this up is the fact that Smurfette was the most frequently merchandised of the Smurfs. Smurfette was magically created from clay by the Smurfs' enemy, Gargamel, so that she would use her charms to cause jealousy and competition among the Smurfs. He leaves her in the forest and Hefty Smurf takes her to the Smurf village, where she is given her own house."
"test it. After some failed attempts of giving the potion to the other smurfs, the Apprentice Smurf drinks it himself and becomes a green lizard-like monster that the other smurfs (save for Papa Smurf) are afraid of. Not one of Papa Smurf's attempts on an antidote works, so the Apprentice Smurf goes to Gargamel's lab after the antidote, but is captured. Papa Smurf leads the other smurfs to save him, and then they make the antidote that restores the Apprentice Smurf to his normal smurf appearance. Gargamel prepares a series of traps to capture the smurfs, while they are playing"
"search led him to explore the deepest caves, the muddiest marshlands and even going far out to sea. He was just about to give up and go home when, quite by chance, he did finally find the village — but, as always, circumstances were against him. Rarely (only a few times in the series), Gargamel has acted on the same side as the Smurfs. In ""Fountain of Smurf"", Papa Smurf becomes a Smurfling, and the only way the Smurfs can get him back to normal is with Gargamel's help. Gargamel keeps a spellbook called the Great Book of Spells in"
"the Smurfs are organizing a party, so he disguises as a bunny to ask them to invite him. The Smurfs immediately recognise Gargamel, but bring him (blindfolded) to the village to give him a lesson. Papa Smurf drops a starch solution on Gargamel, who is immobilised. The party continues until a sudden rain dissolves the solution and Gargamel gets free. However, a Smurf ties Gargamel's feet to a rocket that sends him away to the forest, where a fox sees the bunny-disguised Gargamel and starts chasing him. Baby Smurf Baby Smurf (original French title:"" Le Bébé Schtroumpf"") is the twelfth"
"""The Muppets"" or Princess Leia Organa in ""Star Wars"". Few have pointed out that this lone female character is normally a stereotype of femininity and the object of desire, offering a very limited depiction of women. Smurfette Smurfette (French: La Schtroumpfette) is one of the protagonists from the comic strip the Smurfs. Smurfette was created by evil wizard Gargamel, the Smurfs' enemy, in order to spy on them and sow jealousy. However, she decides that she wants to be a real Smurf and Papa Smurf casts a spell that changes her hair from black to blonde as a sign of"
"The Smurfette The Smurfette (French: ""La Schtroumpfette"") is the third album of the original French-language ""Smurfs"" comic series. The story has also been made into an episode of the Smurfs animated cartoon show, where the only known significant difference is that Smurfette stays in the village for the rest of the show's run. Apart from the titular story, it contains another one called ""La Faim des Schtroumpfs"" (""""The Hunger of the Smurfs""""). Gargamel wants to take revenge against the Smurfs for his humiliating defeat at their hands. He decides that the most horrible plan to destroy them would be to"
"as an actual Gargamel spy and saboteur who intentionally tries to disrupt life in the village. She was magically created from blue clay, ""sugar and spice but nothing nice, crocodile tears, half a pack of lies, a chatter of a magpie, and the hardest stone for her heart"". She is found in the forest by Hefty Smurf (""The Smurfs"", season 1 volume 1, ""The Smurfette""). Working for Gargamel, Smurfette makes several failed attempts to defeat the Smurfs. In the dam incident, she used a slice of cake to lure Greedy Smurf into opening it. When Greedy tried to close the"
"with them. The four are soon captured by the leaf-covered creature along with a few others who reveal themselves to be female Smurfs. They are taken to Smurfy Grove where they meet Smurf Willow, Smurf Storm, Smurf Blossom, Smurf Lily (the smurf from earlier) and Smurf Melody, who all welcome the Smurfs to their humble home. Smurf Storm and Clumsy head away from the village to locate Gargamel and alert the others. During the trip, Clumsy reveals that Smurfette was created by Gargamel, which causes Smurf Storm to distrust Smurfette. Gargamel, who was led into a piranha-infested swamp, spots Clumsy"
"to help Smurfs who get into trouble. The Belgian comic portrays Papa Smurf constantly preparing magical drinks from white hellebore. The drawings that portray the effects of these alchemical brews are shown as both turbulent and amusing. Aside from his house, he also has a laboratory containing several chemical devices. Papa Smurf often tries to create potions to help the Smurfs but sometimes fails; such as the time he accidentally created a substance that turned any living thing into a huge monster (see the album: The Smurfs and the Cracoucass and the cartoon episode ""The Smurfs and the Howlibird""). He"
"is drinking the potion but, although he recovers his looks, Gargamel is still the same size as the Smurfs and is easily taken prisoner. Begging for mercy, he is tied up with rope and taken outside the village where Papa Smurf approaches him with a knife. Gargamel pleads further, only to find Papa Smurf cutting his ropes and ordering him to leave. Gargamel hastens off, but, once well clear of the village, swears revenge once more. Papa Smurf realises that they are due to perform the Dance of the Moon which is held every 654 years. A hundred Smurfs are"